Where does “sud-european” come from?

sud-european (Romanian) comes from Romanian sud, from French sud, from Middle French sud, from Old French sud, from Old English sūþ, from Proto-Germanic sunþrą, from Proto-Indo-European sóh₂wl̥ — sun.

sud-european (Romanian): Southern European

Definitions

  1. Southern European

Ancestry of “sud-european”, step by step

sud-european traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Romanian sud

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romaniansudsouth
2Frenchsudsouth
3Middle Frenchsudsouth
4Old Frenchsudsouth
5Old Englishsūþsouth
6Proto-Germanicsunþrąsouth; south, southward
7Proto-Indo-Europeansóh₂wl̥sun

via Romanian european

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1RomanianeuropeanEuropean
2FrenchEuropéenEuropean; person from Europe

Words derived from “sud-european”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sóh₂wl̥ →Every word from Proto-Germanic sunþrą →Every word from Old English sūþ →